Telescopic case or box.



PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905.

C. W. BARNES. TELESGOPIG CASE OR BOX. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 8, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TELESCOPIC CASE OR BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

Application filed July 8, 1904. Serial No. 215,719.

To all rah/0m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs W. BARNES, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Telescopic Case or Box, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in telescopic cases or boxes; andthe obj eat of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple structureof this character which besides being telescopic is adjustable, and myinvention is especiallyintended to produce a cheap, easily-operated, andsecure adjusting means, to the end that the case may be madesufliciently cheap for the use of laundries and other commercialconcerns, so that if used by laundries, for instance, the launderedgoods can be delivered in the package and the soiled linen returned inthe same case. In this way the case can be used over and over to theadvantage of both the laundryman and the consumer, and thus thenecessity of paper and twine is avoided, and the goods are carried inmuch better shape than when the ordinary method is used. My invention isnot limited to laundry use, however, but is intended to provide a simpleadjustable telescopic case which can be used for general commercialpurposes.

With these ends in view my invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the closed case embodying myinvention; and Fig. 2 is a broken section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,showing the fastening.

The case is provided, as usual, with two box-like members 10 and 11, thelatter closing over the former and being slidable up and down thereon.The members can be made of any suitable material, and they should be ofgenerally rectangular shape. The inner member 10 has on the end portionsand on the inner side a spring-wire 12, which lies flat against the wallof the member 10 and which is clenched at the end, as shown at 13. Thiswire is formed into spring-buttons 14, each projecting out through thehole 15 in the member 10 and through a hole 15 in the member 11. It willbe seen that there are a series of these holes 15% the same beingarranged in a vertical row, so that the ease members may be adjustedvertically and fastened by permitting the button 14 to enter a desiredhole 15 It is important to have the wire 12 on the inside of the member10, be cause in this way a double effect is obtained. First, there isthe springiness occasioned by the buckling of the member 10, and,second, the wire 12 is itself springy, and so by pressing on the buttons14 they may be pushed inward to permit of ready adjustment of the parts,and'at the same time they spring outward, so as to readily enter theholes 15*.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I thus provide avery simple adjustable telescopic package which is very cheap and whichcan be used for many commercial purposes.

I am of course aware that telescopic cases have heretofore been used;but I am not aware that they have been adapted as specified for cheapcommercial use in handling oods. g Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Thecombination with the outer and inner box members fitting one over theother and the outer member having a vertical row of holes therein, of aspring-wire fastened at its ends to the inner side of the inner memberand formed into buttons which project through the wall of the innermember and register with the holes of the outer member.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of the outer andinner telescopic boX members, the outer member having plural rows ofholes therethrough, and a springwire fastened at the ends to the innermember and provided withbuttons adapted to enter the holes of the outermember.

CHARLES W. BARNES.

IVitnesses:

W. B. I-IUToHINsoN, JOHN T. CARoLAN.

